A History of Australia, Volume 2

The second volume in a history of Australia which aims to highlight the hardship and trauma that occurred there during the establishment and development of white settlement. This volume chronicles New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) between 1822 and 1838.

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Page 83As for trial by jury he believed the colony was fit for that mode of trial. He
suggested a high property qualification for jurors who had been transported to
ensure some approach to that respectability which he had found most commonly
...

Page 228If the heart of any community was sound it would support the Church of England
against popery, for the Church of England was, he believed, the only ark of
refuge against the deluge of fanaticism and infidelity which was now pouring in
upon ...

Page 344So, by one of those odd ironies in human affairs a radical and an infidel used the
ideas of a Tory from Botany Bay, James Macarthur, of a young cub who believed
his authority had been committed to him from 'on High', William Bernard ...